Rt Wing Media

Battle of Media Predators

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Article in Washington Post by Jeremy Barr, 9/3/25

Headline:  “Newsmax sues Fox News, accusing it of anticompetitive practices”

Subhead:  “Newsmax claims that Fox has illegally edged out would-be competitors in the world of conservative-leaning cable television.”

“Conservative television network Newsmax is taking the market leader to court, suing Fox News and parent company Fox Corporation and accusing them of engaging in anticompetitive and monopolistic practices that have thwarted its growth. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/09/03/newsmax-sues-fox-news-accusing-it-anticompetitive-practices/

Show is Too Anti-Trump Now?

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Article in Daily Kos by Oilver Willis, 9/2/25

Headline:  “Alex Jones loses his sh-t after infamous lackey breaks up with him”

“Pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Alex Jones lashed out against former Infowars host Owen Shroyer Monday, describing him as a ‘backstabber’ and ‘snake.’ Shroyer recently left Jones’ Infowars network, alleging that he felt pressure to soft-pedal criticism of President Donald Trump.

Read the full article at:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/2/2341509/-Alex-Jones-loses-his-sh-t-after-infamous-lackey-breaks-up-with-him

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Article in Raw Story by Daniel Hampton, 9/1/25

Headline: “InfoWars host abruptly splits with Alex Jones over ‘too anti-Trump’ label”

“A right-wing InfoWars host made what he called a ‘shocking announcement’ Monday night that he was leaving Alex Jones’ signature conspiracy theory show, because he’s “too anti-Trump.”

“Owen Shroyer, best known as the host of the ‘War Room’ show on the far-right website, told viewers in a livestream Monday night that he was making a ‘shocking announcement.’

” ‘I am done at InfoWars,’ he said. ‘This may come as a shocking announcement for you tonight. It may not.’ ”

Read the full article at:

https://www.rawstory.com/owen-shroyer-2673946222/

Attacking Reporters in Gaza

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Article in The New York Times by the Editorial Board, 8/31/25

Headline:  “Israel’s Gaza Media Ban Is Indefensible”

“All wars are dangerous to cover, but Gaza holds a place of its own among modern conflicts for the peril faced by journalists. Some 200 journalists have been among the estimated 63,000 people killed since the Gaza war began — an overwhelming majority killed by the Israeli military. Those deaths have helped make the past two years the deadliest period for journalists since the Committee to Protect Journalists, a nonprofit organization, started keeping records in 1992. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/opinion/israel-gaza-media-journalists-ban.html

Simple Trans Math

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Article in Daily Beast by Will Neal, 8/31/25

Headline: ‘It’s Simple Math’: CNN Anchor Shuts Down Trump Aide’s Wild Rant

Subhead:  “Sebastian Gorka got himself ruthlessly fact-checked by the network after claiming there’d been an uptick in mass shootings by transgender individuals.”

“President Donald Trump’s counterterrorism czar got into a fiery clash with a CNN anchor after he was accused of fixating on the trans identity of the Minnesota school shooter. . .”

“But network anchor Brianna Keilar said he ‘missing the bigger picture,’ pointing out that of the 32 school mass shootings that have occurred in the country since 2020, only two others were carried out by perpetrators who identified as transgender or gender-diverse. . .”

” ‘It’s simple math. Two of 32,’ Keilar responded, adding that the network ‘could not stick with your facts because they are not accurate.’

“This appeared to particularly incense Gorka, who accused CNN of making up ‘fake news’ on the spot in order to discredit his argument.  . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/its-simple-math-cnn-anchor-shuts-down-trump-aides-wild-rant/

Someone Likes a Network

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Article in Mediaite by Joe DePaolo, 8/31/25

Headline:  “Trump Goes On Wild Social Media Spree Shouting Out Fox Pundits, Attacking Newsom and Encouraging ‘Major Lawsuit’ Against Major League Baseball”

“President Donald Trump went on a wild social media spree Sunday morning in which he fawned over Fox News pundits, attacked Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and encouraged a ‘major lawsuit’ against Major League Baseball. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-goes-on-wild-social-media-spree-shouting-out-fox-pundits-attacking-newsom-and-encouraging-major-lawsuit-against-major-league-baseball/

Murdoch Blames Renewable Energy

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Article in Media Matters by Ilana Berger, 8/27/25

Headline:  “Murdoch media find a scapegoat for New Jersey’s high electric rates”

Subhead:  “As data centers demand enormous energy outputs and Garden State grid operators reportedly slow-walk new projects, right-wing media take shots at renewable energy”

“Murdoch media outlets are blaming high electricity bills in New Jersey on ‘green-energy mandates.’ But experts and local politicians say price hikes are being driven by data centers, which ‘guzzle electricity around the clock,’ and decisions made by the regional operator. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/rupert-murdoch/murdoch-media-find-scapegoat-new-jerseys-high-electric-rates

Journalists Can Make a Choice

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Article in FAIR by Staff, 8/27/25

Headline:  “On the Ethics of Embedding With Génocidaires”

“On Sunday, August 10, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a dramatic announcement: After 674 days of barring foreign media from Gaza, Israel was planning to begin staging guided tours, under Israeli military control, for embedded members of the foreign press. . .”

“Just seven hours later, Israel assassinated the beloved, world-renowned Palestinian Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif, along with five other journalists, in a targeted airstrike as they sheltered in a tent for members of the press just outside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://fair.org/home/on-the-ethics-of-embedding-with-genocidaires/

Some Media Like Deporting Citizens?

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Article in Media Matters by Jason Campbell, 8/25/25

Headline:  “As mass deportation intensifies, right-wing media expand their aim to include American citizens”

Subhead:  “MAGA volk: Right-wing media personalities are expanding their hostility toward undocumented immigrants and now are targeting naturalized and native-born citizens in an assault on American identity”

“Since its inception, the MAGA movement has focused energy on trying to purge the United States of people who do not have legal status in the country. The Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts accelerated this summer after passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, alongside the opening of new migrant detention centers. Now, MAGA media are extending that hostility toward immigrants to take aim at naturalized and native-born citizens in an assault on American identity itself. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/maga-trolls/mass-deportation-intensifies-right-wing-media-expand-their-aim-include-american

Media Plan: Better Vote Right

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Article in Media Matters by John Knefel, 8/21/25

Headline:  “Steve Bannon just laid out the MAGA media playbook to subvert the midterms”

Subhead:  “The right-wing media plan for undermining the 2026 elections includes pushing for ICE to stalk polling sites and sending a band of election deniers on tour”

“War Room host and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon this week spelled out a vision of how MAGA media could attempt to subvert the 2026 midterm elections, including by advocating for the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at polling places, extreme Congressional redistricting, and a mail-in voting ban. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/steve-bannon/steve-bannon-just-laid-out-maga-media-playbook-subvert-midterms

Dominion Over Rt. Wing Media

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Article in Daily Kos by Oliver Willis, 8/18/25

Headline:  “Right-wing media outlets are still paying up for 2020 election lies”

“Right-wing media company Newsmax has agreed to pay out $67 million in a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems for promoting lies about the 2020 election. The announcement adds to a tally of over $900 million paid out by right-wing outlets for peddling these lies, underlining their role in spreading mass disinformation. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/18/2339006/-Right-wing-media-outlets-are-still-paying-up-for-2020-election-lies?

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Article in UPI by Allen Cone, 8/18/25

Headline:  “Newsmax settles defamation suit by Dominion Voting Systems for $67M”

Subhead:  “Dominion alleged statements made in Newsmax’s coverage about the 2020 election were defamatory.”

“Newsmax on Monday agreed to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems in a defamation suit against the conservative media company over its 2020 presidential election coverage. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/08/18/Newsmax-settle-defamation-suit-Dominion-Voting-Systems-67-million/7281755536574/